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鬃

zōng

Character

What 鬃 means

1. bristles
2. horse's mane

Other readings

鬃 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zōngdisheveled hair; horse's mane
• zōngvariant of {鬃|zōng}

Words starting with 鬃

• 鬃毛zōng máomane

Characters built on 宗

These share the phonetic component 宗 (zōng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 综zōng(bound form) to synthesize; to combine; Taiwan pr. zòng
• 踪zōng(bound form) footprint; trace; tracks
• 崇chónghigh; sublime; lofty
• 棕zōngpalm; palm fiber; coir (coconut fiber)
• 粽zòngrice dumplings wrapped in leaves
• 淙cóngnoise of water
• 琮cóngjade tube with round hole and rectangular sides, used ceremonially in ancient times

Characters that look like 鬃

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 爵juéancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle; nobility
• 藉jiè(literary) cushion; mat; (literary) to put some padding underneath
• 攀pānto climb (by pulling oneself up); to implicate; to claim connections of higher status
• 瞿qústartled; Taiwan pr. jù
• 罄qìngto use up; to exhaust; empty
• 翳yìfeather screen; to screen; to shade

Sounds the same

Read zōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 综(bound form) to synthesize; to combine; Taiwan pr. zòng
• 宗school; sect; purpose
• 踪(bound form) footprint; trace; tracks
• 棕palm; palm fiber; coir (coconut fiber)
• 鬷kettle on legs
• 䗥used in 螉䗥
• 猣dog giving birth to three puppies
• 翪uneven flight of a bird
• 腙hydrazone (chemistry)
• 豵litter of pigs; little pig
• 鯮long spiky-head carp
• 枞used in 枞阳